Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Goal Setting



Goal setting. When you think about goal setting, most people think about making New Year's resolutions which start off strong (you are feeling pumped about a new year and a new start) but then you find yourself falling into a slump in February and then slipping into a black hole by the end of March. What were your goals? Why were they important? What obstacles got in the way? Is it time to revisit and revise your goals?  

At the end of January, the class made 4 goals focused around behaviour we thought would make us better learners, better equipped to attack new strategies and learning and prepared us to be successful. By setting these goals and keeping them posted in the classroom, it reminded us what our beliefs are about the importance of learning and what we needed to do accomplish those goals. It helped that we could measure our progress on a chart and stayed positive - we had a pretty fun celebration prepared when we achieved our goal!

Its never too young to think about setting goals.
                                By setting goals students can:

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1.improve their academic performance
2.increase their motivation to achieve
3.increase pride and satisfaction in performance
4.improve their self-confidence

This is how we celebrated our achievements today...


We had the best time having a marshmallow fight this morning! 

Tomorrow we are going to be talking more about our beliefs and what we want to accomplish next. 

Do you have family goals? Things you want to work towards? What do you do to work together as a team to achieve them?
 








Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Sink or Float Science

What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with a science experiment? Today we made predictions and observed what happened when we dropped candy hearts into water, soda and vinegar. Ask your child tonight about their experiment! Ready to try something like this at home? Try "Dancing Raisins" 








Friday, February 9, 2018

Opening Ceremonies 2018 Winter Olympics

We watched part of the opening ceremonies of
The Winter Olympics today.
GO CANADA GO

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Anxiety

Anxiety is a natural part of childhood that helps kids to learn to cope with and respond to the world around them. Children go through developmentally appropriate phases of anxiety. Babies, for instance, feel anxious around strangers, clinging more closely and more tightly to their parents when a new person is introduced. Toddlers often struggle through separation anxiety, while young children wrestle with imagined dangers like monsters or ghosts. As children get older, their anxieties reflect what's going on in their lives - test anxiety in school, fear of rejection by peers, social pressures, etc.  
http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel/mental-health/children-and-anxiety/children-and-anxiety

If you would like more resources to help with anxiety, check out this link. There is a neat video to watch with your child and free printable activities.


Really great resources here for adults and children.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Mindfulness Activities

Mindfulness seems to be the buzzword these days...are you being mindful? What does that even mean? If I don't know what it is, how do I teach my kiddos about it? This article might help if you are curious about mindfulness. Try a few of these strategies at home. At school, we have been doing an activity called "Melting," the video on Go Noodle is very helpful in getting started. We do this particular activity after our workouts in the gym where there is more room. I then guide students through some calming meditation. See what works for you. 
To see the article with more information, playlists and additional printables and ideas, click here 

5 Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children

Tumble Books

Struggling with home reading? Trying to find a book that your kiddo is interested in? 
Try Tumble Books!


The Swan Valley School Division has purchased a licence for all students in the division to access an online library. The library is full of  picture books, graphic novels, novels, non-fiction (etc.) which you can read, or have read to you.

The login information is:      


Kindergarten – Grade 6 Collection:
www.tumblebooklibrary.comwww.tumblebooklibrary.com
Username: swanvalley
Password: reads

Thursday, January 25, 2018

O'Canada

We have been learning more about what makes Canada a great place to live.
Check out this cool video about Canada!

Cool video here :) 


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